I dared not speak it into existence...

I mean do we really think it could happen? Would he stake his reputation as the greatest coach ever to go 1-15 on purpose?

I change my pick because I know Patrick Queen wont make it to 32 and we won't trade up for a LB'er. This pick is courtesy of Kay Adams...

Grant Delpit, S, LSU

No he’s not and again I’m not saying he is the prospect Luck was. I didn’t want to bring him up bc it’s basically a sin to compare prospects to him, but he’s a bit like Peyton Manning, who also did not have great mobility or a cannon arm that Luck had, but had elite football IQ and feel for the pocket.

I can’t think of a recent QB prospect that has the mental processing and football IQ that Burrow does. Luck is the last one that comes to mind, but before him? Probably Matt Ryan.

Burrow is already throwing the ball in the right places to receivers, exploiting zone coverage, reading most blitzes pre-snap, understanding defensive coverages and just seems like he’s every bit prepared for anything. Brent Venables is a damn good defensive coordinator. He’s been even better with the insane talent he’s got at Clemson. And Burrow wrecked them. He just beautiful destroyed that defense with his goddamn mind the same way Manning and Luck did to defenses.
Matt Ryan was pretty good but never that good. Neither was Romo.

Prospects like Burrow don’t come along very often.

Bill Belichick is a Machiavellian sociopath. I don't think he worries about his reputation beyond how he can elevate it. If he eats shit for a year and never recovers, he's still the guy who's won more championships than any coach in history.

But if you told him he could tank a single season and set himself up for another 10 year run where he could 'prove' once and for all that it was him, not Brady, that made everything work?

I think he'd take that deal in a heartbeat.

He’s too competitive/arrogant to tank this year while Brady wins.

We'll see, but I'm feeling the Jags end up picking 3 times on Thursday and they can really boost the morale on the roster if they get it right. Just takes one team to look at the edges and like Yannick more than what's available.

Yea but that's one year.......if he wins a SB without Brady even if it's in 3 years, he'll be the answer to the question of which one was why they won...

But if they trade Yannick, they’re going to be worse off for 2020.

That teams not winning many games if all their best players are second year guys and rookies aside from Chark.

I could buy it if they have a rough start and injuries pile up early. Beyond that, I can’t see that being the plan going into the season.

I never said they're going to win many games. But if they can get some pieces in place I think they can have an end of season surge like the Dolphins last year and miss out on the sweeps.

Yannick isn't playing there so they have to do something with him.

Matt Ryan won an MVP. And to prove it was no accident, he had a season in 2018 that was arguably BETTER than his MVP season with a new coaching staff and lesser weapons.

I think where we differ is not in our view of Luck, but in our view of Matt Ryan.

Matt Ryan was a Kyle Shanahan brainfart away from going to the Hall of Fame. Hell, he might STILL end up in the Hall. There aren't 30 QBs in NFL history who have had better careers than Ryan has had. And he probably has 3-5 good years left.

If I said "Burrows will have Phil Simms career" just about anyone would take that. Matt Ryan wouldn't wipe his ass with Phil Simms career.

Ryan's DAMN good.

Possibly, but a bad/young roster is doomed with no TC.

Possibly, but I don't think a season happens at all without some form of TC